Battery carrier



July-l7, 1923. L46L995 w. w. YOUNG BATTERY CARRIER Filed June 2, 1922 Patented duly W, W23.

unite res WALTER W. YOUNG, 01E PARKER, SOUTH DAKQTA.

BATTERY CARRIER.

Application filed June 2,

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER W. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Parker, in the county of Turner and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Battery Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carriers, and has for an object the provision of a novel handle and support, the latter of which is to be applied to an electric battery case to facilitate their manipulation in installing them in automobiles, removing them therefrom and in transporting them to and from the storage room.

It is an object of this invention to produce a battery carrier of the character indicated which can be readily applied to or removed from handles or other hand grips or suspending means on batteries, or owing to the novel construction, the device can be applied to the eyes of terminals, or under the connecting straps of the battery, thus making it applicable for use in ninety per cent of the batteries now in common use.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a carrier of the character indicated, the hangers of which will adjust themselves to operative positions, practically regardless of the manner in which the handle is grasped.

It Is a further object of this invention to produce a carrier of the characterindicated which will ossess advantages in points of simplicity and efliciency and which will, prove durable and satisfactory in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying. drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in v Figure 1 illustrates a view 1n perspective of a battery carrier embodying the invention; and

Figure 2 illustrates a detailed view of one end of the handle. In these drawings 5 denotes the handle bar which may be made of wood or other material, the ends of the handle being pref- 1922. Eerial No. 565,425,

erably tapered slightly and provided with clips 6 which are secured to the handle by fastenings 7 such as rivets or the like. Each clip comprises a strip of material bent on itself to form a loop 8 which is intended to receive a hanger or bail 9, which bail is oscillatably applied to the loop in order that it will swing vfreely therein. Each bail is formed of a strip of material shaped to form a loop 10, whereas the ends of the material forming the hanger are inserted in a sleeve 11 located in a loop 8. The ends of the material forming the bail are preferably secured in the sleeve by solder or by welding, the manner in which this anchorage is efi'ecmdbeing immaterial.

The bail has a swivel joint 12 applied to the loop 10, and the opposite end of'the swivel is provided with tong-like elements 13 and 14 having angularly disposed ends 15 and 16, respectively, which are flattened and are adapted to lie parallel to each other when in position to engage the handles or other parts of the battery that is to be lifted.

It will be seen that the elements 13 and 14 are capable of oscillatory movement on the lower end of the swivel and they may therefore be spread apart to form a. clearance between their ends, in order that the said elements may be inserted under the straps of a battery, in the eye of a terminal, or otherwise manipulated to engage a part of the battery which will serve to support it while it is being transported.

As has been stated, the device may be manipulated so that when the handle is grasped, the bails may be thrown into operative positions by a slight movement of the hand of the user. The foregoing is rendered possible by the loosely jointed connections between the several parts of the device.

As the bails are subject only to strain longitudinally, the material of which they are made may be comparatively light, so that the cost of producing the device will be small.

I claim:

1. In a battery carrier, a handle, a clip on each end thereof, a bail for each clip, each of said bails comprisin a strip of material having a depending coped portion,

a sleeve in each clip into which the upper ends of the material are inserted, the said sleeve being rotatable in the clips of the handle. and battery engaging devices sup ported by the hails.

each of said bails com rising a strip of material havin a depen ing looped portion, a sleeve to WhlCh the upper ends of the material are attached, the said sleeve being rotatable in the clips of the hande, battery engaging elements comprising tong-like elements having angularly disposed extensions adapted'to lie parallel with each other, and a swivel interposed between and connecting the said members and a bail.

WALTER YOUNG. 

